The number of newly infected people with coronavirus has exceeded 1.5 million in the world, according to an AFP count, amid a terrible outbreak of the epidemic in the United States, while signs of a serious economic recession are looming around the world.

At least 1,502,478 infections, including 87,320 deaths, were recorded in 192 countries and regions, led by the United States, which recorded for the second day in a row approximately 2000 deaths, in the worst daily toll in the world since the epidemic began.

The continuing epidemic is accompanied by controversy over the role of the World Health Organization, which US President Donald Trump accused of "aligning with China" when the virus appeared in this country.

French President Emmanuel Macron defended the agency of the United Nations, stressing during a meeting with his director general, "his confidence in the institution that he refuses to be plunged into the ongoing war between China and the United States", according to the Elysee Palace.

WHO Director-General Tidros Adhanum Gebresos also called for "no politicization" of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Trump accused the organization on Tuesday of "truly failing" in its handling of the health crisis, threatening to suspend the payment of US financial contributions to it.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres responded, stressing that "the time is not right" to criticize, calling for "unity" and "solidarity to stop the virus."

"The price of dignity"

By disrupting the epidemic daily life all over the world, half of the world's population was now quarantined, while the World Trade Organization declared that "entire sectors of the national economies were closed" or "directly affected" by stopping the activity.

The organization expected on Wednesday that "trade exchanges in 2020 will drop sharply in all regions of the world, and in all sectors of the economy," warning that the decline in activity may reach "32 percent or more."

She said the world may face "the biggest economic recession or decline we are witnessing in our lives."

The US Federal Reserve saw that the future uncertainty surrounding the epidemic posed a "great risk to economic prospects" in the United States, according to the minutes of its meeting in mid-March, but he considered at that time that the negative effects of the crisis may not last as long as the consequences of the financial crisis in 2008.

And the non-governmental organization "Oxfam" warned in a report entitled "The Price of Dignity" that half an additional billion people in the world could be below the poverty line due to the repercussions of the Covid-19 epidemic if the plans to support the poorest countries are not speeded up.

The report stated, "This matter can fight poverty globally ten years back, or even thirty years in certain regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa."

"Since this crisis started, we have been sitting in our homes without any financial income," says Mohamed Saeed, a 36-year-old carpenter and father of three as he stands waiting for food aid in Cairo.

The World Food Program announced on Wednesday that the risk of starvation is increasing in Zimbabwe, where half of the population is food insecure and more than a quarter are suffering from acute food insecurity, warning that the repercussions of the Covid-19 epidemic may worsen the situation.

Boris Johnson is improving

Within the European Union, the Covid-19 crisis lags behind, with EU finance ministers failing to agree on a recovery plan for the aftermath of the new Corona virus outbreak.

As Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri called for "solidarity, courageous and common choices", Germany and the Netherlands were steadfast in their refusal to issue public debt bonds to absorb the shock.

In the United States, the Donald Trump administration has begun new talks with Congress to disburse additional $ 250 billion in funds to keep jobs.

In Britain, a new record daily toll was recorded with 938 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number to more than 7,000 deaths, while the British Minister of Finance announced that the case of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had a Covid-19 epidemic, "improved".

Softening of domestic stone is premature

Domestic quarantine measures are bearing fruit as pressure on hospitals has declined, particularly in Spain, Italy and France.

On Wednesday, Austria announced a cautious timetable to ease restrictions imposed after Easter, with small shops reopened. Denmark and Norway, which has a "quasi-home stone", have announced deadlines for the resumption of activity.

But the World Health Organization has warned that any softening of home quarantine measures is premature despite some "positive signs".

The scene is different in China, where tens of thousands of passengers rushed Wednesday to train stations in Wuhan after lifting the closure imposed since the end of January on the city of 11 million people, which was the epicenter of the epidemic.

"I have been stuck here for 77 days! 77 days!" Said a man preparing to leave.

The official Chinese toll, which reports more than 3,300 deaths, faces skepticism, especially from Washington, which accuses Beijing of reducing its numbers, which contributed to making other countries reduce the importance of the danger.